life in the arctic new century ten pm egyptians vote in the final stage of the referendum on the islamist drafting a constitution that sparked violent protests and fierce clashes but many doubt the ballot results will quell the month long term or we've got the latest from egypt tonight. moscow is one step closer to banning all adoptions of russian children by americans triggered by an increasing number of abuse cases leaving some. bills course a storm of reaction here in russia. and all good one for christmas is festive shopping fever gathers pace we look at what gives risk ending up going to the bed

the very next day. a lot of really been for me kevin and if you just joined us our top story tonight here in r.t. it's a decisive day for egypt as people vote on the draft constitution to split the nation and triggered monthlong protests the second and final leg of the referendum was preceded by a fresh outbreak of violence in egypt second city of alexandria journalist true explains what's expected from the vote and whether the outcome is likely to end the turmoil millions of egyptians across seventeen governorates have had headed to the polling stations today to vote in this second and final round of egypt's contentious constitutional. so once again listen to back to the violence we saw clashes in this in egypt's second city alexandria between those who are for the constitution those who are against the constitution this happen dark islamist

staged a hundreds of thousands strong rally in support of the constitution and implementation of sharia law the two sides hold rocks at each other they burned cars and buses some saying these buses belong to the muslim brotherhood police intervened with tear gas leaving seventy seven injured so this obviously comes on the after several instances of violence is in alexandria in cairo a few weeks ago in cairo and from the presidential palace rival groups clashed leaving ten dead in terms of people are saying here on the streets the country is divided those who are against the constitution say it would only enforce a presidential dictatorship that lacks a key social economic rights that was drafted by islamist dominated assembly for the constitution say it is essential for the progress towards democracy after the conditions drafted they say we will have parliamentary elections in the first round of course the vote people voted in fifty seven percent in favor of the constitution analysts believe that this will be another yes votes this is largely because of the

seventeen governorates voting today many of them a rule cultural places where the muslim brotherhood have quite a strong support base of the seventeen voting today only three voted against the president in the presidential in the presidential elections leading many to believe that this will in fact be a yes vote the opposition forces for their part say that the only reason it was a yes vote in the first round was due to vote rigging rights groups did document several cases of electoral violations including unsupervised polling stations leading both rights groups and the opposition forces to call for a rerun of the first round of the referendum saying it is actually not in boyd's issue judicial supervision remains a point of contention here as thousands of judges continue to boycott the referendum really will just have to see the outcome of the results as they come in later on today in the early hours of tomorrow morning but definitely people expect by their own rest in the streets either way. and as that both sides refused to back down journalist bell true we terminated five presidents resigned amid the voting reportedly cited disagreement over president morsi as policies despite the fact the

new constitutional limits the post of vice president all together now could make his departure is seen as problem chiller independent political analyst dan glazebrook told r.t. earlier the entire situation in the country is a result of hasty actions and rushed decisions breo main problem with this referendum that is being rushed through before egyptians are really had a chance to take on board the momentous are people of the last year what it signifies i'm and also before they've had a chance to really understand what the policies of the muslim brotherhood actually are so this is all being rushed through has been rushed through deliberately before people had a chance to take stock and before the opposition had a chance to organize themselves as well now to get this was it was a pretty unprecedented the biggest mass movement in egypt in fifty years what we saw burst in the streets last year in egypt and so the opposition have not really had a chance to you on the holy organize themselves through to present

a clear program out of the electorate and so on the muslim brotherhood of course on the other hand are organized and have been allowed actually it organize in certain spheres of egyptian right for several decades. more expert analysis on the situation in egypt as well as the timeline of recent protests and the most dramatic videos as well as available on our website r.t. dot com. five hundred dollars but the cost to u.s. marine sergeant will pay for your relating on the bodies of dead taliban insurgents he was demoted and will see as pay docked after admitting to desecration political activist david swanson told me the sentence is too lenient though when i lied how the u.s. military's lost touch with reality in afghanistan. it's absurdly low it's insultingly low but so is the charge and i mean this is someone guilty of creating corpses of killing human beings who is then prosecuted for having desecrated them after the fact this is this is the problem with our culture of violence that we that we think

we're going to civilized war that if we didn't cut off the fingers and you're an aid on the bodies then it would be ok so we have a long ways to go to get into to a better legal as well as moral understanding because i'm a. government when. it builds the idea that it is folk to occupy the nations of other people we had an incident this week in the united states of other former soldier attacking a mosque to seek revenge for u.s. soldiers who had lost their lives abroad without stopping to understand that they were occupying someone else's country so we have this rule in a hatred for muslims for afghans for pakistanis in the united states it is it is the doing of the u.s. government and its occupations and its drone wars but the longer they go on the more that ill will builds both at home and of course in the nation's been occupied

and been subjected to drone strikes. where the case is once again i lot of concerns over america's continuing presence in afghanistan but president obama says he's hoping to turn a page on a decade of war now after naming senator john kerry as the next secretary of state defense analyst even ivan eland told me he believes kerry's appointment could lead to a less aggressive u.s. foreign policy. we're in fiscal crisis here and i think we're going to have to retract the clause of the empire as big and i think no nothing was ever done about that maybe john kerry will change he probably won't change dramatically because i think united states is into the. perception of running the world and i just don't think we can do it financially and i don't even think it's desirable but i think you know we went into libya we went into we put more troops in afghanistan those were bad movies in my opinion so i think. you may have

a more dovish line coming from kerry than you did from hillary clinton. watching r.t. still to come the problems continue to mount for greece we talk about that soon as now four of the country's main banks are looking for ways to stay afloat of posting massive losses we'll take a closer look also. look in my political career i was minister of regional corporation minister it was a group culture minister of housing and construction minister of immigrant and minister of justice and even held this post sealed tenuously israel prepares for elections amid increasing concerns over the country's political process is. that the christmas many people are making a last minute dash to the shops to be clear we did but think twice before purchasing that novelty present is the warning is the recipient might not be that grateful it is probably correct planes from the hustle and bustle of love.

but most of us know the problem for someone celebrating off the best twentieth christmas buying a present can be perplexing there's nothing they need or don't own already to the invention of your humorous christmas present for example the christmas jumper what happens to these presents the day also christmas the ever been given a christmas present every christmas and easter them away on boxing day. for me give it away because i just about myself feel better and then there are the kids you give me an example of a useless christmas present you made me say. i was given a call from work. because you probably can't put it on so you can hear the other. magli over light woman in a bikini when you pull the hot water and she becomes like it so became details of what was that an it's a coat hanger a miss its kind now but it has been given like chunks of christmas stuff that you

just throw away on boxing day yes what was going to be just as fresh fish have only day we just bought some junk to christmas again i've just bought some junk for christmas and yes it's very lame but think it's not actually a story christmas presents away a lead which is kind of chemistry and so we had a christmas before we came. that we got given. straight into the bin junk for christmas no this present sometimes yes carry them away oh absolutely not much to do with them. usually. give them to my sister i have actually i've received coloring crayons two years ago so they didn't last long and. it might already and i don't think about the age anymore those who worried about the status of the planet say but the problem nowadays is that a lot of the items on sale turn have any office whatsoever designed to squeeze

along parts of the recipient and then the binge on boxing day so this year feel free to forget to buy a present or to you'll be saving the environment while you're on top. and then you'll be in deep trouble with your family and friends don't blame us i'll be back with more international news in just a couple of minutes. divine power in action activate the sacraments. i am just so we need these we are under the control of those governing us before at the service of a space mafia i found on that date the magnetic field of the sun will reflux

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sleep. news today violence is once again flared up if these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. hello again this is r.t. the bilbray between u.s. citizens were adopting russian children has been passed by the lower house of parliament in most coalition animist the a vote comes after a series of child abuse cases abroad got if you can looks at the stories which led to the latest measures. the adoption agreement the

russian the us signed in november was designed to provide mechanisms of oversight for russian children adopted by american families but moscow claims it is still being met with obstacles when it attempts to inquire an adopted children stored here or so many lies about the real conditions of children adopted by u.s. parents we have no idea what's really going on the united states does not do follow ups once an adoption is finalized there is untold numbers of children that are enduring abuses that haven't been reported that haven't resulted in their get better just surviving the case of alan who was adopted from russia and she was placed in the home of the ted a file she was discovered because of a a child pornography sting and she told reporters and such that she

waited every day and kept praying and believing that somehow the adoption agency that placed her there would come back and check on her and she would have been able to tell them but nobody ever came much of the fury in moscow over the brutal treatment of adopted russian children has been driven by the leniency american judges have shown towards a number of abusers the adoptive father of two year old who may get a couple was acquitted after she forgot the boy his car for nine hours the toddler died of heat stroke. the parents of russian born to saniel craver have been released on bail after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter the quavers have dodged a murder sentence even though investigators discovered that the child had suffered repeated beatings from his adoptive parents which left him with over eighty bruises and injuries of which twenty were to his head judges have also shown leniency in cases of abuse which did not result in the death of the child jessica bigley received probation after she went on a popular t.v.

show and bragged of how she disciplined her adopted russian child by systematically cramming hot sauce into his mouth and putting him under a cold shower russian officials say they were denied any access to another washroom for maxine the bio of who was allegedly abused by his foster parents according to florida acquitted them at a time when the adoption rate in russia itself is low the situation of u.s. adoptions seems even more dire the u.s. accounts for around a third of all florida adoptions in russia and there are hundreds of successful cases each year with the latest developments over whether that good work can continue the argument that if there is to fly this chance word orphan to find a happy home they should be given that chance is on doubt it just is indisputable seems the or given that there has to be more oversight over the well being of these children because with the way things are now dozens of adoptive children could be subject to abuse right at this moment and we may never find out in washington i'm going to come. when russians made it into

a list of the world's most dangerous people we're talking about that softer u.s. magazines lined up the founder of the world famous ski lab along with a mexican drug lord and syria's president are sad as all of them they say a threat to washington for more r.t. dot com. fall into a local russian deputies initiated an investigation into lady gaga to show in some papers why well fearing she promoted homosexual propaganda.

for greece's largest banks securing up for a bailout to stop reporting huge losses this year together the leader on twenty seven billion euros worth of loans to stay afloat greece has been relying on international bailout fund since twenty ten and there's economies dimitrius you're not. greeks are bearing the brunt of the banks losses. the loans on which. this recapitalization of the banking sector is going to decrease are coming from the the troika the e.u. the i.m.f. and the e.c.b. and they are going to be a they're going to be part of the and big national debt which is going to be paid by the taxpayer and we had forty thousand small businesses closing closing this year alone three hundred additional thousands of job losses as a total unemployment rate of twenty six percent so we have

really. on the one hand austerity on the other hand bank inability to provide liquidity for the market greece move appearing for another year of painful cuts and tax hikes but for a wider a look at where the global economy stands in the end the twenty twelve we avoid it into the kaiser report next hour the r.t. . five years since the beginning of the global financial collapse governments are eating their own vomit central banks are smoking their own belly button lead analyst still don't know whether we have deflation inflation hyperinflation. more of the next right now world news in brief a suicide blast during a political rally in northwest pakistan is left nine twenty five provincial cabinet minister as well as his secretary of police chief are among those killed in the incident a pakistani militant group linked to the taliban has claimed responsibility for the

attack peace protesters have clashed in india's capital leaving several injured the demonstrators are calling for the death penalty to be handed down to six men they're accused of gang rape and the brutal beating of a twenty three year old student in the government so you can life in prison for the sentence. for israel the new year will be marked by an election for the new parliament happening earlier than planned for many frequent voting is the embodiment of democracy but the rapid turnaround of ministers and governments is leading to calls for an overhaul of the entire political system that is that is polis lier. call us money as you know him back in my political career i was minister of regional cooperation minister of agriculture minister of housing and construction minister of immigrant under the option and minister of justice i have even held this post simul tenuously it doesn't mean i'm talented it just shows that the system is so messed up be toyed. it's a system that's been in place since the founding of the state sixty four years ago

it's seen thirty four governments in sixty four years that's a new israeli government almost every two years and a new minister just as often in the last twenty years there have been twenty interior ministers fourteen foreign ministers and fifteen justice ministers and now more and more israelis are saying enough and joining a movement to change the political system as. a young citizen ghost elections so many times who starts to lose the sense that this is a democracy not been nothing of the past ten years voter turnout has decreased from eighty to sixty four percent with. their kirillov's eventually as it was. but reforming the system is unpopular and has created controversy this online campaign by local celebrities shows whenever someone tries to talk about it they're interrupted. blah blah blah awful to simulate the motions our prime minister says

he must call for elections because he can't pass the budget he's scared that his coalition members may bring down his government and we will act as if that's normal we really say there's no problem with our system. critics say israel's multi-party system gives too much power to smaller parties. one a sham of the system here weakens the political center and gives a lot of power to the sick to all parties ultra orthodox ultra rightists right wing extremists and so on and in fact the soon to be becomes a hostage to these marginal groups there is no democracy there's minor retaught crissy the minority rules over the majority. another problem is that because government ministers change so often they can't plan i don't. bench and i was not going to do a minister in the state of israel serves for an average of one year until you understand the position and creates a vision and

a long term planning he's no longer there. and that's. what many of these people want is a complete overhaul of the system with time to mentri elections slated for the mixture israelis are bound to see yet another round of deal making between parties who make up the next coalition but the tone of months is running fun with latest figures suggesting more than hostis population is unhappy with its government's performance points here on television. here in moscow a programs continue after the break. the legacy no one should be proud of keeps of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen

archipelago don't make a pretty picture if the guiding principle here is the worse the better welcomes like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also an express amazement. at how prosperous this was well times have obviously a cannes where they saw it lags they still attracting a region tourists or barons work i would that cause much needed cash that's why when bad they're ruining our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the bin you and. where that in the nine hundred eighty s. there was a burgeoning mining community that the soviet union was determined to maintain at all costs. are located halfway between north america and western europe bergen

archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the middle of the cold war it served as the use of western most outposts now it's one of the soviet union's last preserved relics. if it was. it's a curious site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russian travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen russian film until a coal mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local server near shops so we've memorabilia is a big hit the defunct are encouraging still helps keep the money flowing guys it's a rush to your shop but you can't buy the rubbles there on. your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up

to more than standards if these modernization efforts are not very popular with tourists operators if you come into a very authentic place like bond spoke to think it should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part of the letter you know authentic traditionally opulent. i should not i would not like to have it in a shiny condition to be on as the time to change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add the morning russian songs to die repertoire the audience called all they wanted to hear it was a song comfortably familiar. it's a job but it's also

a religious vocation that's pushing her to constantly find new ways of developing her business. today she visited this cave in the denver area. it's a more than three kilometer deep maze the spot is for sale and robin is thinking about buying it for the construction of more underground shelters if somebody was to light a fire. or something here what about the ventilation with the smoke or something like that you probably would want to yourself back in a small room with a fire or anything like that but when something like this we're close to an entrance there's a lot of you're going to probably be all right ok. if you think it's a good survivor it's like i do a cave like this we could easily house a thousand or so people and the so it would be a great project a great resource to have. for robin it's the perfect place but her family seems a little less enthusiastic would you like to be going to cable is it was like mandatory. but if it's.

about according to robin the girls will surely not have the choice because according to her the end of the world science is already well and truly visible starting with the crumbling of christian values in our modern societies if you go one bookstore or one movie store for instance how many of those books and how many of those movies do you think that jesus christ himself could watch and that will tell you how many things are going to get burned those things need to be cleansed out of the world so for him to be a part of it again so he's going to come back there's going to be a cleansing process the millennium for so that tells you how bad the world could possibly be. living quarters for a large family in a bunker being sold up to two million euros. to meet the demand real estate projects like these.